Big Data Lessons from Our Cybernetic Past
summary
Project Cybersyn is a 1970s Chilean system that links one nation‑wide computer + hundreds of telexes into a national network to gather daily production data from 150 nationalized enterprises (including 12 of the 20 largest by end of 1971). It builds an operations room with seven-seat operations room panels back‑projected by slide projectors, generates anomaly alerts used during the 1972 strike, and exposes design bias (armrest buttons that exclude clerical women) despite partial operational success.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Introduction
- 2:01Chile in 1970
- 2:35Stafford Beer
- 5:01Cybernetic Revolution
- 6:02Project Cybersyn
- 6:32National Computer Network
- 8:23EWaste
- 9:30Operations Room
- 11:06Workers Room
- 12:09Government Officials Room
- 12:27Thump
- 13:09Conclusion
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